Tohru Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Besides the first Dr.'s visit, how old was your little one before going on their first outing in public, such as to the park, the store, library, etc? Poll to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My first born was 3 weeks old when we went to the library. My second born was 2 days old when we went to the mall on the way home from the hospital to eat at OCB since my dh had made no plans at all for feeding me. She saw Santa (a friend of ours) at the mall that day too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I was always out and about with my babies before they were two weeks old. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 ON the way home from the hospital we stopped for sushi at our favorite sushi restaurant. Out picture is/was up on the wall of regular customers. I had to stay in a day or two after my eldest was born. So he was likely 2 days old at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Is it bad that I have absolutely no idea? DS2 was two weeks old his first Halloween, and he went trick or treating in the sling. Hardly anyone noticed him there, though. Beyond that, I don't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We took our first out for a movie date when he was almost 3 weeks old. Younger babies are easier to take around (and keep quiet!) than older ones, IMO! LOL We're also not very germophobic, so that helps. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Is it bad that I have absolutely no idea? I had to check ds' baby book to find out that he was a little over a week old when we took him to a store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 baby was born at the 10th. We moved into a new house on the 15th. So all sorts of moving related stuff -- as well as going back and forth between new house and old house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 All of my kids went to church to be baptized at less then a week old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We're real hibernators after having babies. I think it was close to 4-5 weeks with each of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hmm, I put 2-4 weeks, as I think our first trip to the grocery store was at 2 weeks. But we did stop at Wendy's to eat when she was 1 day old, but that was on the way back from the first doctor's visit, so I didn't no if that counted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellyndria Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Aside from a couple of doctor's appointments, he was about 3 weeks old. (DH was doing the grocery shopping.) Frankly, *I* was too tired to want to leave the house, and I finally started to come out of the fog when he was 3 weeks old. If I hadn't been so tired from lack of sleep, I probably would have gone out sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My firstborn was at Target at 3 days -- he was 5 weeks early, we had no diapers, etc. yet, the hospital made him take a bottle, then didn't send me home with a breast pump and dh was not confident about what we needed. My second was a couple of weeks old. I had a 13 mo old, too, and even with my mom helping, it was too much to get out right away. My third ... dh took a job 1000 miles away 2 weeks before he was born. I had to get the house on the market, so had to go to Home Depot, etc. for that, then we had to be out of the house for showings. Dh moved when he was 6 weeks old, so we ate out a lot, and spent a lot of time running the toddlers at McD's, etc. Thankfully, he LOVED the sling. My fourth was over a month old. She was born in the middle of winter, in a bad cold/flu year. Our playgroup started coming to our house once a week when she was 2 weeks old, but it may have been 7 or 8 weeks before we left the house. 12 weeks of bedrest, followed by a c-section had taken its toll on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 DD1 we attended a wedding when she was 10 days old DD2 She was born on Monday, I cooked T-day dinner on Thursday, so I bought the turkey on Tuesday DD3 I can't remember, several weeks DS I can't remember, several weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 With dd9, it was the day after we got out of the hospital. I had such a miserable pregnancy and felt like I could run a marathon after she was finally out of my body. I was ready to move. With dd7, I don't really remember but she had her first cast put on her leg for her clubfoot when she was 10 days old so it was at least before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 After my first delivery I felt totally physically drained, so it was 2 weeks before I ventured out. My 2nd and 3rd deliveries, I bounced back WAAAAAY faster. With one of my younger babies (can't remember which, LOL!), we all went out to eat with my parents on the way home from the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 With DD#1, we stopped by WalMart on the way home from the hospital when she was 2 days old. With DD#2, I was released at 24 hours after birth, and we ate at a nearby restaurant that evening. So She was about 24 hours old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I'd be more wary of indoor places than outdoor places, and I'd try to avoid places where strangers might have the urge to lean close, talk/breathe on them, or possibly touch them. It's now RSV season in many parts of the country. I'm sure I was taking my first for walks within a couple weeks. My second and third were premies, and went nowhere but the dr for months (I had help then; that would be impractical for many people). I don't remember what I did with the rest, but I do tend to stick close to home for nursing and napping reasons (I was not particularly adept at nursing in public). My premies did not get the shots for RSV the second winter. At 12 months, they got RSV. One was fine, but the other ended up in the hospital on oxygen for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Ds was born 3.5 weeks early. We had no clothes that would fit him. I was still in the hospital, so he went shopping with my mom and dh before he even went home from the hospital. I like to tease him that he's been shopping with mama since literally day 1, he adores her, we still shop together. :lol: We took him halfway across the country at 3 weeks old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahlanne Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Let's see... 1st-? 2-went to mall on way home from hospital then cousins home. 3- couple of days 4-went to Target on way home because we were having people over for July 4. 5-went straight to soccer game once discharged from hospital 6-due to c-section it was a week All my kids were born on Friday and left hospital on Sunday. All but last was vaginal delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 One to two weeks with each of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 zach was a preemie and got to come home from NICU at just under a month old.....other than going to dr visits we didn't take him out much for a while (it was right in middle of flu season)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 None of my babies went anywhere, but the doctor before 6 weeks. I'm old fashion that way.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TravelingChris Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My oldest was moving across the country at one week old, courtesy of the USAF. He had no problems at all. Probably only my youngest wasn't out that early- she got an infection in the hospital and was sick already at the two day visit. I probably didn't take her out for at least five days because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Born on a Friday Went home on a Sunday Went to the doctor on Monday Went to the store after the doctor on Monday Went out to dinner with mom and dad on Tuesday I don't' remember after that. We did not stay home much back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 H1N1 was going around that year, and our doc said two months to be on the safe side, but a month was OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 All of mine were less than a week old. DS#1 we went out for dinner on the way home from the hospital, when the waitress asked how old he was DH said "28 hours" we got a free bottle of barbecue sauce because he was the youngest patron that manager had ever known. LOL We also went to the outlet mall near Seattle because we hadn't bought nearly enough newborn clothing (he was smaller than expected) DD- was born the Monday before thanksgiving and we had to move from one base house to another by the following Monday, so lots of moving and outside time for her. DS#2 was born and again we stopped to eat on the way home from the hospital, he was 32 hours old. I also ran out to walmart with him the next day because he was so short and only fit in premie size clothes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zillymom Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 DD is a preemie and came home from the NICU a whole month before her due date. Then RSV and flu season started, and it was a bad one. So we didn't have our first outing for months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforjoy Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 With our first, we went out shopping a couple of times his first week. I think we went to Trader Joe's about four days after he was born. That was a mistake. I was soooooo exhausted after. With DD I broke my tailbone during labor, and I was pretty incapacitated after birth. Aside from doctor's appointments and walks around the neighborhood, I don't think she was out much the first month. With our third, I think we went grocery shopping with all the kids when he was about 2-1/2 weeks old. Before that, he'd gone out in the yard and out for walks, but not on an outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 With our second, we went out when she was maybe a week or so, despite the fact that it was December in the midwest, so we could cut our Christmas tree at a local u-cut farm. We have photos of me carrying her in the sling. I remember we cut a tree *very* close to the parking lot and headed straight for the hot apple cider in the gift shop. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 3 days. I was anxious getting things back to normal and I had to take him to the grocery store. This is not counting the trip home from the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainySunday Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Less than 24 hours for DD. We had a home birth, and I was in the house for 2 days in labor, so I was ready to get out. We went to the grocery store. In the checkout, we saw a woman from our church who just about passed out when she asked how old dd was and we told her. DS, we went to my parents house for Easter (he was born Thursday night). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Within days of coming home from the hospital. Having older kids and giving birth in teh fall with extracurrics etc to go to means baby is out of the house often very young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We stopped at Borders on the way home from the hospital-I still had 6 weeks of being unable to drive or do much to go (after having been on bedrest for 12 weeks before DD was born), and darn it,I NEEDED books!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My pediatrician told us 3 months. He said their immune systems are so new and there's no reason to be taking them out in public any earlier than that. I didn't complain about that recommendation, since I was too tired anyway to want to go anywhere. ETA: this was not counting any visits with the doc, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We moved house 400 miles away when my eldest was 3 weeks old. DH can be very high maintenance sometimes :D. Cassy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beccad777 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We stopped at Target on the way home with a couple of them. With my DD7 I was Christmas shopping with her on day 3. With the last one, we took him to church on day 3. Home with 5 kids under 9? You would have gone to church too! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We usually stopped somewhere on the way home from the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I've had all of mine out by about a week, or less. With this most recent baby, we took all of the munchkins out when DS3 was 5 days old, to get some ice cream and run an errand or two. My first solo outing (me plus all four children but no DH) was when the baby was 6 days old; the older children wanted to show off their baby at the library. :) (I have had easy births and have been at home the day of the birth each time, so I suspect that helps -- not much to recover from, and I do get a fair amount of rest. But I do tend to have DH carry the baby if we're standing for very long on that first outing, and I definitely don't do anything else that day, like cooking or laundry.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Many4 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I took my oldest son to Walmart for baby supplies on the way home from the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We went to Target to get supplies/clothing on day 3 with one of the first two (can't remember which) because we had almost nothing. My last three were in to see the chiropractor between days 3 and 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stayseeliz Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I guess I answered with my youngest but we had a 7 day NICU stay so we didn't even get home until she was a week old. Other than her dr visit we went to a homeschool thing when she was 3 weeks old. I got up and running pretty fast with her because I'd been on bedrest for 8 weeks. I almost lost my mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly IN Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I voted over a month old. All of my kids spent time in the NICU due to health problems or premature birth. The earliest I ever I took them out was about 3 1/2 months. My oldest and youngest was about 4 months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Dd was 6 days when we went to the mall. The (homebirth) midwife was in favour of a week at home before mama ventured out, but I was suffering from serious cabin fever within a few days, and so off we went. Ds was in hospital for the first 5 days. I think he went with to dd's dance class the day we came home, or perhaps the next day - Day 6? Then he went to dd's school as show-and-tell material on Day 10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I clicked less than 1 week but should have clicked 1-2 weeks, since we were in the hospital for his 1st week due to some unspecified infection. We went out for pizza w/his grandparents and great-grandpa a few days after that. We went on other outings but were careful to keep him away from contact with other people. Based on our ped's recommendation, we didn't take him to church for 2 months as it was cold/flu season and we knew that everyone would want to get close, touch him, etc. and dh didn't want to have to be the "bad guy." We posted lots of pictures online and let healthy people come to visit in our home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtney.byrum Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We went out for dinner for my birthday so DS was 6 days old at the time. DD was a preemie and didn't come home for 45 days but we did take her a few places shortly after that (just kept her away from others as best we could) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I took mine out all within the first two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristyND Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 My preemie born during flu season was 6+ wks before we left the house. My healthy babe was out to big sibs activities a few days after birth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We returned to church at 2 weeks old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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